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XAFS analysis of molten rare-earth-alkali metal fluoride systems

  • Sou Watanabe
  • , Ashok K. Adya
  • , Yoshihiro Okamoto
  • , N. Umesaki
  • , T. Honma
  • , H. Deguchi
  • , M. Horiuchi
  • , T. Yamamoto
  • , S. Noguchi
  • , K. Takase
  • , A. Kajinami
  • , T. Sakamoto
  • , M. Hatcho
  • , N. Kitamura
  • , Hiroshi Akatsuka
  • , Haruaki Matsuura

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    Abstract

    X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) measurements on rare-earth-alkali metal fluoride systems (0.2 LnF3–0.8 MF: Ln = La, Ce, Nd, Sm; M = Li, Na, K) have been carried out at 300 and 1173 K. The local structures around rare-earth-ions in both the solid and liquid phases were evaluated by the curve-fitting analysis, involving anharmonic oscillation effects at the higher temperature. This study revealed that the nearest-neighbour Ln3+–F− distance and the corresponding coordination number of F− around Ln3+ in the molten state mainly depend on the lanthanide species rather than the size of the alkali metal ion.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)71-75
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
    Volume408-412
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 9 Feb 2006

    Keywords

    • Rare-earth fluoride
    • Pyrochemical reprocessing
    • EXAFS
    • Local structure
    • Molten salt

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